Wilkes may refer to:

Places

  • Wilkes, Portland, Oregon, a US neighborhood
  • Wilkes County, Georgia
  • Wilkes County, North Carolina
  • Wilkes Basin, George V Land, Antarctica
  • Wilkes Station, Antarctica, a research station
  • Battery Wilkes, a historic artillery battery in West Ashley, Charleston, South Carolina
  • Wilkes Power Plant, Jefferson, Texas, an electrical power station
  • Wilkes Island, islet of Wake Island in the Central Pacific.

Schools in the United States

  • Wilkes University, Pennsylvania
  • Wilkes Community College, Wilkesboro, North Carolina
  • Wilkes Honors College, Florida

People

  • John Wilkes, English radical journalist and politician in the late 18th century.
  • Wilkes (surname), other people with the surname
  • Wilkes Angel (1817–1889), New York lawyer and politician
  • Wilkes C. Robinson (1925–2015), judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims from 1987 to 1997

Other uses

  • , several US Navy vessels
  • Wilkes (horse) (born 1952), Australian thoroughbred

See also

  • Wilk
  • Wilken
  • Wilkens
  • Wilkes Land, Antarctica
  • Clarie Coast, called Wilkes Coast in Australia
  • Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, a city
  • Wilkes-Barre Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
  • Wilkes-Barre Variation, a chess opening
  • Wilks (disambiguation)